Exodus 12:43

43 And Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, "This [is] the statute of the Passover: No foreigner may eat it.

Exodus 12:43 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 12:43

And the Lord said unto Moses and Aaron
At the same time he acquainted them with the above things: this is the ordinance of the passover;
as before delivered, and these the laws and rules, according to which it is to be observed, as now related, both with respect to the lamb, and to the unleavened bread; and the following is an account of the persons that were to partake of it: there shall no stranger eat thereof,
one that is of another country, an entire Heathen, and unacquainted with, and does not profess the Jewish religion, which was the religion of God.

Exodus 12:43 In-Context

41 And at the end of four hundred and thirty years, on this exact day, all of Yahweh's divisions went out from the land of Egypt.

42 It [is] a night of vigils [belonging] to Yahweh for bringing them out from the land of Egypt; it [is] this night [belonging] to Yahweh [with] vigils for all of the {Israelites} throughout their generations.

43 And Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, "This [is] the statute of the Passover: No foreigner may eat it.

44 But any slave of a man, an acquisition by money, and you have circumcised him, then he may eat it.

45 A temporary resident and a hired worker may not eat it.